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Jeanine Pirro Wants to Destroy Jeff Sessions So She Can Have His Job

“Attorney general nominee Jeanine Pirro” would be a sad, surreal joke, but there’s absolutely no guarantee that it won’t happen. The key to understanding how Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro operates is to realize that she is single-minded in her personal ambition while completely unencumbered by anything resembling shame, dignity, or professional integrity. As it stands, Pirro is one of the more… → Read More

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Is Sean Hannity Coordinating with the White House?

The host denies it, but he's a known liar. Every episode of Fox News’ Hannity follows a fairly basic formula these days: pugnacious cube-headed goon Sean Hannity serves up a monologue devoted almost entirely to the vituperative (and frequently incoherent) slander of President Donald Trump’s political adversaries, and then he lards out the hour with panel discussions featuring a small, rotating… → Read More

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Why Are the Media Letting Republicans Off the Hook for America's Mass Shootings?

Only one party is responsible for the carnage consuming the country. The horrific mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, yesterday has once again touched off a discussion about what can be done to stop the escalating series of bloody massacres that only happen with this regularity in our country. The preordained answer, of course, is nothing. → Read More

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The Trump Administration Wants to Make a Decades-Old Right-Wing Fantasy a Reality

Conservatives have targeted the food stamps program since Reagan was in office. The Trump White House’s newly proposed budget is (like all White House budget proposals) more of a political document than anything else. It has no actual bearing on how the government will spend its money, and Congress will almost certainly ignore it. But that’s not to say it is entirely devoid of value -- the White… → Read More

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Is Lou Dobbs Quietly Trump's Most Sinister Propagandist?

Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson have some stiff competition. At his New Year’s Eve celebration at Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump grabbed a microphone and gave thanks to the guests who paid him several hundred dollars each for the privilege of attending. As he spoke, the president singled out one attendee for some especially fulsome praise: Fox Business Network host Lou Dobbs. → Read More

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The Long, Public Humiliation of Steve Bannon Is Now Complete

Even the president whose campaign he once managed is calling him a hack and a fraud. It’s been quite a news day for Steve Bannon. The Breitbart.com chairman and former White House strategist made headlines this morning when excerpts from author Michael Wolff’s new book on the Trump administration quoted him disparaging Trump campaign officials for the now-infamous June 2016 Russia meeting. → Read More

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Steve Bannon Is Self-Immolating Before Our Very Eyes

The press considers him a Machiavellian genius. Alabama just proved otherwise. Steve Bannon, we’re told, is a “street fighter.” That’s what Bannon told us, anyway, when he went on 60 Minutes earlier this year shortly after his brief tenure in the Trump administration came to an end. → Read More

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